Mahwash Ajaz

Cinema has many categories and genres – there’s comedy, romance, action, thrillers, mysteries, dramedies, romantic comedies, romantic action drama thrillers – but in our part of the world, we have a unique category to our political and social expectations: military blockbusters. Films like ‘Border’, ‘Mission Kashmir’, ‘LOC Kargil’, ‘Ghazi Attack’ mand now ‘Paltan’ have been […]

Pakistani film ‘Load Wedding’ starring Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat, Qaiser Piya, Samina Ahmed, Noor ul Hasan Rizvi and Faiza Hasan has hit the screens world over and is turning into a critically acclaimed success. I spoke with the cast and crew of the film a few hours before the film released about their hopes and […]

It wasn’t difficult for Ali to relate to Umair’ in Faisla (2017) where he played an angry young man. Abbas says, “I’m an angry person. I didn’t have a problem connecting to this character.” Ali Abbas is no stranger to fame. His father was a noted theatre, film and television actor and his grandfather Inayat […]

Starring Ranbir Kapoor as the eponymous ‘Sanju’ Baba, the film humanises and portrays the powerful relationship between Sanjay and Sunil Dutt while layering many other elements of celebrity life, personal loss, triumph, emotions and politics. A major part of the film focuses on Dutt’s struggle with drugs and overcoming his addiction and rise to stardom. […]

Starring Ranbir Kapoor as the eponymous ‘Sanju’ Baba, the film humanises and portrays the powerful relationship between Sanjay and Sunil Dutt while layering many other elements of celebrity life, personal loss, triumph, emotions and politics. A major part of the film focuses on Dutt’s struggle with drugs and overcoming his addiction and rise to stardom. […]

Iqra Aziz’s star is shining. Recently famous for Suno Chanda, Iqra has been consistently delivering some very power packed performances for the past year. Whether it is in ‘Ghairat’ or ‘Qurbaan’ or ‘Tabeer’ or ‘Khamoshi’, Iqra’s immersive acting and earnest portrayals have turned her into a top favorite of the audiences. We caught up with […]

Ahsan Khan and Hira Mani were seen together earlier in ‘Preet Na Kariyo Koi’, but they are all set to appear again in the much awaited television serial ‘Aangan’ soon to air on Hum TV network. The play is written by Mustafa Afridi and is directed by Ehteshamuddin and also stars Mawra Hocane, Sajal Ali, […]

Alia Bhatt is one of Bollywood’s prodigies. Although her talent is often under question for nepotism and being a ‘star kid’, her choices to do films like Highway, Udta Punjab and now Raazi somewhat absolve her from the path to sequentially easy stardom that Bollywood royalty mostly choose. Even some of Bhatt’s choices to do […]

Pakistani actress Armeena Khan has lent support to a trust in the United Kingdom that gathers money for free eye care in Pakistan. The event to raise funds for the project will be hosted by Pakistani-Hollywood actor, Art Malik. The charity’s goal is to provide free eye surgery and ophthalmic care for those who cannot […]